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Thomas Willshire

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'''General SirThomas Sir Thomas Willshire Bart KCB (1789–1862)''' was a British soldier who went to India in 1822 as a brevet major in the [[38th Regiment of Foot]]. He was made a major in the [[46th Regiment of Foot]]] and took part in the recapture of the fort at Kitoor in 1824. In 1838 with the local rank of brigadier-general he commanded the Bombay brigade of the Army of the Indus for the [[invasion Invasion of Afghanistanthe HEIC Army]]. He was at the [[Storming of Ghazni]] and went on to [[Kabul]]. Returning he was in command for the [[Capture of Kalat 1839|Capture of Khelat]]. His brigade was then stationed in [[Poona]] from where he returned to England in 1840.
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/325/mode/1up Sir James Outram] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Willshire,_Thomas_(DNB00) Biography] Wikisource
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